20demayo Chapter 169 New Member Yukina!
Chapter 169 New Member Yukina!
Picking up where we left off, the final David Challenge ended in victory for the Straw Hat crew. Foxy, still unconvinced by his crushing defeat, wanted to challenge David again. However, just as Luffy prepared to fight, the quick-thinking Straw Hat crew members swiftly and decisively beat him up, successfully stopping him...
So Foxy had no choice but to pack up and leave Long Chain Island with his men. But before leaving, he didn't forget to say something harsh: "Straw Hat Kid, I will make you pay for this humiliation in the future. Remember that!"
Seeing that the Foxy Pirates were about to leave, Luffy immediately said to Setsuna, "Aren't you going with them?"
Yukina was taken aback by his words. She glanced at the others, who all seemed to want her to go back. The atmosphere became somewhat awkward, and Yukina grew increasingly flustered. Finally, she looked at Goten...
Goten, however, said, "Why are you looking at me? The captain has spoken, so I can't do anything about it. Bye-bye. Although we'll only be partners for a short time, blame the captain if you want..."
Upon hearing this, Luffy decisively interrupted Goten's speech—"Wait a minute, who told her to leave? I was just asking about her decision. If she doesn't want to join the crew, we can't force her, can we?"
Upon hearing this, Setsuna immediately replied affirmatively, "I'm willing! I'm willing to continue sailing with you. Please take me with you! To be honest, I've always wanted to explore the world, but I didn't have the chance in my original world. So please take me with you on this voyage!"
Upon hearing this, Goten couldn't help but ask curiously, "Your original world was the Sixth Universe, right? Why didn't you have a chance?"
Yukina paused for a moment after hearing this, then patiently explained to everyone, "That's right, I am indeed from Universe 6, but I have more important matters to attend to there. To repay the kindness of a certain angel, I had to leave my homeland and follow the angel Vados to train, although I'm only training in non-combat techniques..."
Yukina's words left everyone except Goten completely bewildered, especially Luffy. Seeing this, Goten stopped pretending and simply confessed everything: "Hahaha... Now I have no choice but to confess too. Yukina and I are from another dimension. In our dimensional universe, there are twelve universes in total!"
Upon hearing this, Luffy exclaimed in surprise, "That's amazing!"
Robin remarked frankly, "Isn't that interesting?"
Usopp asked, puzzled, "What is the universe?"
Upon hearing this, Goten picked up a small pebble and said, "The universe... that's a world far larger than the Grand Line, and to challenge it requires a more sophisticated, more outstanding... technologically advanced spaceship!"
Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately became excited and declared that he wanted to go to space to see it. This statement was immediately met with a rebuke from Nami: "No, no, no, let's forget about that kind of excitement. It's more realistic for us to conquer the Grand Line first."
After hearing this, Luffy said, seemingly understanding but not quite, "That makes sense. So after conquering the Grand Line, let's conquer the universe!"
Nami, upon hearing this, loudly retorted, "That's not what I meant!"
After exchanging pleasantries, the Straw Hat crew prepared to say goodbye to old man Dongjiman. However, at that moment, the ground suddenly shook, and a man emerged from underground, smashing open old man Dongjiman's yurt. When he was officially revealed, everyone discovered that there was a giant mole under his feet.
The Straw Hat crew, completely bewildered, stared at the man who had suddenly appeared. Luffy was the first to accuse the man of destroying Tokiwan's house. Upon hearing this, the man turned around, tears instantly streaming down his face. He hugged Tokiwan tightly, crying and saying that he had been waiting for him all these years.
After everyone learned the details, they discovered that the mole man was the grandson of old man Dongjiwan, and that after Dongjiwan disappeared, he stayed behind alone to challenge the record for the deepest dig...
And so, old man Dongjiman had found companionship. Seeing this, the Straw Hat crew left Long Chain Island with peace of mind and embarked on a new journey...
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When Yukina joined the Straw Hat crew, she would get up before dawn every day to prepare breakfast for the others. While everyone else was doing their jobs (except for Luffy), Yukina would help Usopp, grind medicine for Chopper, prepare ingredients while Sanji was cooking, and actively hand over measuring tools when Nami was drawing a nautical chart...
When they encountered the Marines, Yukina was the first to rush out, but she was eventually captured and had to be rescued by Goten, Luffy, and the others. After being rescued, Yukina hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you any trouble."
Upon hearing this, Wutian immediately pointed out, "You wouldn't be trying to help everyone out because you just boarded the ship and don't know your place, so you want to be recognized by everyone as soon as possible, right?"
Wutian continued, "Then you're overthinking it. Anyway, there's more than one person who seems superfluous on this ship, so you don't need to worry..."
Upon hearing this, Luffy couldn't help but ask, "Do we have any extra people on our ship? Where are they?" He was immediately met with everyone's gaze, and only then did Luffy realize what was happening, retorting, "What do you mean by this?!"
Everyone remained silent, avoiding Luffy's gaze. Yukina couldn't help but laugh out loud, but she quickly stopped and apologized to Luffy. Luffy, however, felt even more insulted and hurriedly scolded, "Don't apologize for this!"
So Yukina stopped acting rashly and gradually began to see the true nature of the Straw Hat crew: Luffy, who was sometimes silly; Zoro, who was ridiculously bad at directions; Sanji, who was a womanizer; the cowardly trio (Usopp, Nami, and Chopper); and the mature Robin.
(Goten: Wait a minute, where am I? Where did I go!)
Yukina gradually integrated into the Straw Hat crew's daily life. In her spare time, she would go fishing with Luffy, play games with Usopp and Chopper, learn from Robin, and even ask Goten for advice on swimming and some fighting skills, such as the Flying Technique and the Kamehameha.
When Luffy saw Setsuna learning to fly and use the Kamehameha, he excitedly joined in the learning. However, he only performed the same movements and shouted the slogans louder than Setsuna, but didn't learn anything else...
More than half a month later, with only three days left until he would have completed a year's stay here, Goten felt an ominous premonition that lingered in his heart. Seeing this, Yukina came to Goten's side and said, "What are you worried about? Seeing you like this, I feel a sense of déjà vu. I don't know why, but I can't help feeling sad..."
Upon hearing this, Goten slowly began to speak, "Why did we come here, and when will we leave? I'm troubled by this..." As he spoke, Goten took out the amulet his mother Chi-Chi had given him, staring at it for a long time, unable to come to his senses...
Upon seeing this, Setsuna asked, "What is this?"
Wutian immediately said, "This is a talisman my mother gave me; it's my precious treasure..."
Upon hearing this, Yukina smiled happily and said gently, "A treasure? That's wonderful. I wish I had a treasure like that too..."
Upon hearing this, Goten looked at Setsuna and felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had interacted with her long before...
(End of this chapter)